revolt
part of speech
noun (a revolt, revolts); verb (revolt, revolts, revolted, revolting)
meaning for a pupil
1) (noun) A fight or protest by many people against their rulers or the people in charge. tree →
2) (verb) To refuse to obey and rise up against the people in power. tree →
3) (verb) To revolt someone is to make them feel disgusted or sick. tree →
4) (informal) Revolting (adjective) means really disgusting. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons revolts happen against kings, empires or unfair taxes, like the Peasants' Revolt in England. In everyday talk revolting food or a revolting smell is disgusting. Phrases: rise in revolt, the Peasants' Revolt, be revolted by.
examples
- Long ago, thousands of English peasants joined a revolt against unfair taxes. tree →
- The people revolted against the cruel king. tree →
- The sailors revolted and took control of the ship. tree →
- The smell of the bins revolted me. tree →
- This school dinner is revolting! tree →
- The children staged a small revolt when the trip was cancelled. tree →
- The horrible donkey-skin which covered her from head to toe revolted her. tree →
note
Regular verb: revolted. Similar: rebellion, uprising, mutiny (on a ship or in an army). Revolting usually means disgusting, but it can mean taking part in a revolt.
In the corpora
- Enslaved people resisted in many ways, from revolts on ships to running away and building free communities.
- In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
- Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, unto this day.
- Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
- But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted, and gone.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «revolt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.